And so I say Hi

Maker

Nice to meet you all. I'm a recently-enlightened (in the personality sense) typical INTP from India. Apart from books, games and music I can't say I'm interested in anything much. Except mulling over the meaninglessness of existence, which I'm rather good at (or rather, I think I'm good at; I haven't had a lot of competition).

Banned

Yes, according to the MSM of the West, India does not exist, for there is no news from India. Fortunately, for me, I have a number of facebook friends from India who let me know what is happening in one of the greatest civilizations in the world.

"What Hobbes is worried about is absurdity. Only human beings can embrace an absurdity, because only human beings have language, and philosophers are more susceptible to it than others"

It's the painted face of a Kathakali artist. It's a symbolic dance (mostly gestures) with a Sanskrit accompaniment which describes one of many stories from the Hindu mythology. For example there's the "Bali-vadham" (killing of Bali) which depicts how Sree Rama (Avatar of Lord Vishnu) made the two monkey brothers Sugriva and Bali fight each other. As 'good' Sugriva began to lose the fight, Rama killed the 'bad' Bali with an arrow from his bow.

Pic of a person playing Bali ('evil' characters are made fearsome in appearance):